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Re: New colors and other info
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 24 Nov 2003 07:37:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Stangl wrote:
> I would also hope that Jake realizes we are not mad at him, but mad at some
> immense BONEHEADS in TLG that must have custom-picked their focus groups from the
> nearest mental hospitals.
Nah, the only boneheads are the accountants that decided to switch plastic
suppliers. I too have not posted in a few years (well, maybe a cad posting
now and then).
I'd like to point out that when I was 10, I had two shoeboxes of lego.
One had the 20-some grey pieces from set 6861. The other had everything
else. Grey was just _that_ cool. It's a nice warm-feeling grey.
I remember when dark grey came out for the first time a _few_ years ago.
I was amazed at the brilliant choice to make it a brownish-grey, and how well it
fit into the landscape as compared to the other clone bricks (and I had tyco,
mega block, and a few others).
The change in light grey seems too subtle to care about, but does seem to
cheapen the product. I filter MB bricks when building simply because the colors
are off just a little, and I'll do that with the new grey pieces.
The dark grey I won't miss as much.
I just hate the feel of the new plastic, like the dark-blue and dark-red.
It's slightly translucent, and feels loose.
I've given up mostly, and my money these days goes into MB Dragon sets.
I like the rounded "stone" bricks, and the black-washed bricks disguises
any color variation.
-gyug
Lugnet Member #9
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| OK, I picked up the new shuttle set. The new light grey 1x1 look bad when mixed with old 1x1s. Enough so that I won't be mixing them. The new "gunmetal" dark grey looks like the same type of new plastic, somewhat translucent, or having a higher (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I would HOPE that most people here realize that Jake is just the messenger here... I would also hope that Jake realizes we are not mad at him, but mad at some immense BONEHEADS in TLG that must have custom-picked their focus groups from the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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